Planet PDF Forum Archive

Wowsers! This is page is old, head to the LIVE Planet PDF Forum. It features more than 10 conferences, covering everything from beginner to in-depth developer and pre-press discussions. If you wish to continue... one & two archive covers 1999-2011 (160,000 pages).

When I take a BMP file, put it in flashMX and print it to a PDF file, via distiller, using the default 'Screen' conv. setting, the black becomes grey, like a semi-transparent fog has been applied to the image (lower contrast). The same image, with the same settings when printed from photoshop comes out perfectly bright and crisp.

OK, so you want to stamp your document. Maybe you need to give reviewers some advice about the document's status or sensitivity. This tip from author Ted Padova demonstrates how to add stamps with the Stamp Tool along with related comments.